Order by BC Securities Commission

Order by BC Securities Commission

Description

Title Proper Order by BC Securities Commission
Date(s) 1940
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
The document is an explanation of the Orders by the BC Security Commission, Asset Management Division, to seize the assets of Japanese Canadians. The announcement explains that all individuals over sixteen must register their assets. Any property not currently with the owner must still be registered with the Custodian of Enemy Property. Cash can be kept in safes.
Name of creator
Junzo Yamake came to Canada from Ubikiyama, Shiga Ken at the age of twenty five. He apprenticed as a baker under Mr. Hayashi until he could open his own shop in 1927. He married Hatsuye Nishimura in 1928 and began a family.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Order by BC Securities Commission
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.